(Ir)rational Fears

[+JesterLavorre she/they]

38 minutes ago, Enter a username said:

 

I can't talk to people. I just can't. If someone tries to talk to me, I freeze up and can barely get a single word out.

 

I have the opposite problem. I can’t talk to people unless they talk to me first. 

[Orlion Blight he/him]

5 minutes ago, JesterLavorre said:

I have the opposite problem. I can’t talk to people unless they talk to me first. 

And I can't enter people's houses unless I'm invited in! 

[Enter a username]

6 minutes ago, JesterLavorre said:

I have the opposite problem. I can’t talk to people unless they talk to me first. 

What I meant was I can't talk to people at all. I can't approach people, and I can't respond if they approach me.

[revelryintheart she/her]

On 10/26/2020 at 5:15 PM, Enter a username said:

What I meant was I can't talk to people at all. I can't approach people, and I can't respond if they approach me.

hehehe same

*cries*

[Condensation she/her]

On 29/10/2020 at 6:49 PM, revelryintheart said:

hehehe same

*cries*

What are you talking about? *cough* Mist *cough*

[HipsterStick he/him]

Horses. I’m terrified of horses.

Also yeah talking to new people sucks and it’s really awkward sometimes.

But horses.

[Condensation she/her]

10 hours ago, HipsterStick said:

Horses. I’m terrified of horses.

Also yeah talking to new people sucks and it’s really awkward sometimes.

But horses.

I love horses! You know what I'm scared of? Their hooves.

[Shard of Reading he/him]

On 11/2/2020 at 9:24 PM, Condensation said:

I love horses! You know what I'm scared of? Their hooves.

Personally, I just hate walking behind them.

[Condensation she/her]

On 11/4/2020 at 8:57 AM, Shard of Reading said:

Personally, I just hate walking behind them.

Mmm. Yeah, that's not often fun.

[Flyingbooks]

On 10/26/2020 at 4:08 PM, Ookla the Sprinkle said:

I can’t talk to people unless they talk to me first. 

I have the exact same problem. Once I'm in a conversation, I can basically run on inertia, but whenever I try to reach out to somebody, I panic and worry about how they'll react and I simply can't do it. It's especially hard to reach out individually to people who I don't know very well, but, especially recently, even starting conversations with friends (online, of course, because of the pandemic) and posting on forums has become stressful because I'm nervous about what people might think.

 

I also have a phobia of getting shots. I know that I need to get them and I don't want to get sick with the diseases which they prevent, but I still panic when I see hypodermic needles or think about getting a shot. Oddly, this is just for shots, not other similar things such as blood tests.